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Table 7 Demographic characteristics of the people with high health risk perception but employing <4 spontaneous adaptation behaviors during heat waves (n=45)

From: Associations between risk perception, spontaneous adaptation behavior to heat waves and heatstroke in Guangdong province, China

 

N

(%)

Gender

  

  Male

27

60.0

  Female

18

40.0

Age (years)

  

  <30

10

22.3

  30–49

20

44.4

  ≥50

15

33.3

Education

  

  Elementary school or lower

22

48.9

  Higher education

23

51.1

Occupation

  

  Agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry or fishing

22

48.9

  Other occupations

23

51.1

Family monthly income per person (yuan)

  

< 500

27

60.0

≥ 500

18

40.0

Residential area

  

  Urban

14

31.1

  Rural

31

68.9